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=== Always on Top Not Working ===Not much to say here, if you choose "Always on top" in the toolbar -> view menu it doesn't seem to be effective in Xorg / Linux. There is a reason, related to desktop security. There is also a functional work around. Simply right-click on the vlc Title Bar as opposed to using the toolbar menu. When you right-click on the title bar you get the options: Minimize, Maximize, ... and so on, then below a spacer you can choose "Always on Top" and it will work for that specific VLC window, good enough!Warning: installing vlc snap (The latest vlc from within the [[snapcraft]] will not yield satisfactory results if you have any expectation of vlc behaving normally like any other software on your system. Snapcraft is a special jailed development environment. The snap vlc will be limited in how it can access your file system, and many features will not function correctly or at all. For example, I was not able to convert a video stream to a file using vlc snap. sudo snap install vlc sudo snap install vlc --devmodeThe folks that develop snap are socialist pigs, they won't give us bullets for our gun.*https://forums.sabnzbd.org/viewtopic.php?t=24168=== appimage ===As a perhaps better alternative to SNAP is the appimage option.* https://appimage.github.io/VLC/If you are replacing the Debain/Ubuntu/Mint installed VLC from apt you can, as an option, leave the APT version on the system then ad the appimage and do the following (as an example): sudo mv /usr/bin/vlc /usr/bin/vlc.bak sudo ln -s /home/nicolep/VLC_media_player-3.0.11.1-x86_64.AppImage /usr/bin/vlcAssuming that you placed the AppImage in your home directory. Simply substitute the path with your own home directory or wherever you saved VLC_media_player-3.0.11.1-x86_64.AppImage and the specific filename of your VLC AppImage version .Not as straightforward as other software that I have compiled from source. sudo apt build-dep vlc The following packages have unmet dependencies: builddeps:vlc : Depends: libgles1-mesa-dev but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo apt-get install -f == Troubleshooting =====VLC fails to terminate after playing video===On a linux system after viewing video or whatever use and manually closing VLC via the graphical interface, the VLC process stays running in memory, linked to the last file in use, and will not terminate on its own. Although the graphical interface disappears, thus giving the impression it is closed, vlc is still showing up as a process in memory. Moreover, the next attempted use of VLC not realizing the process is already running results in no response. Known problem. User has to manually terminate vlc after each use. killall -s 9 vlc The fix:The problem lies in the video output setting for VLC. * Tools -> Preferences -> Video -> OutputLook for the dropdown list labeled Output. The setting that fixes the problem for Linux Mint 20 seems to be "'''XVideo output (XCB)'''" and be sure to click SAVE. For other distributions users have reported that [https://askubuntu.com/questions/1250477/vlc-is-still-running-even-i-closed-it-already-how-to-i-close-it choosing OpenGL] is the solution. You may have to try different options. The "XVideo output (XCB)" option has been verified to resolve the problem on Mint 20 with AMD GPU. === satip error: Failed to setup RTSP session ===Unable to play any rtsp Streams Mint, Ubuntu, Debian builds of vlc. According to the nerds at Debian, "Please note that Debian VLC builds do not support RTSP by Debian policy decision. ." Debian dev's basically say "screw you" to people that monitor rtsp cctv streams with vlc. Not recommended to follow suggestions on using Flatpak and Snap. Those are bloatware rubbish. Appimage isn't ideal either however it is a better option than [[Flathub]] and Snap. If you choose to install the appimage see above for details. it looks like every program (mplayer, ffplay, vlc ... ) which was build for Debian has removed the rtsp-Streaming ability.I could not find information why they have removed this function. " We had to disable those plugins as liblivemedia constains non-free code. See #981439. Maybe that's wort a NEWS entry anda note in the release-notes." To compile yourself: The configure flag is --enable-live555. alternatives: mpv player (apt install mpv), ffplay, == Related ==* [[Multimedia Audio and Video in Linux]]* [[RIP and Transcode a DVD in Linux]]